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Vaniver comments on Political topics attract participants inclined to use the norms of mainstream political debate, risking a tipping point to lower quality discussion - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 27 March 2015 01:38:27PM 1 point [-]

What I've been noticing is that right now, Slatestarcodex is sort of the place people go to talk about politics in a rationality-infused setting, and the comments there have been trending in the direction you'd caution about. (I'm not sure whether to be sad about that or glad that there's a designated place for political fighting)

I would be very sad if LW comments went the way of Slate Star Codex comments.

Comment author: Raemon 27 March 2015 01:54:21PM 0 points [-]

I hadn't noticed a trend of political posts on LW, so hadn't been worried about this specific phenomenon.

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